List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

This list of rivers of the Americas by coastline includes the major rivers of the Americas arranged according to their positions along the ocean coastlines:
*Arctic Ocean coast (including Hudson Bay) from Cape Prince of Wales east to Cape Chidley;
*Atlantic Ocean coast from Cape Chidley south to Cape Virgins;
*Pacific Ocean coast from Cape Prince of Wales south to Cape Virgins;
*Inland basins, by basin from north to south.

Capes in the Americas

This is a counterpart to the primarily alphabetical List of rivers of the Americas although only rivers which reach the ocean are included here, not tributaries.

Arctic Ocean coast

*Mackenzie - Northwest Territories
*Chesterfield Inlet
*Dawson Inlet
*Maguse Lake
*Tha-anne River
*Thlewiaza River
*Caribou River
*Seal River
*North Knife River
*South Knife River
*Churchill River
*Nelson River

Atlantic Ocean coast

*Amazon - Brazil, Colombia, Peru
*Cauca - Colombia
*Hudson- New York
*Magdalena - Colombia
*Mississippi - Canada, USA
*Paraná - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
*Río Negro - Argentina
*Orinoco - Colombia, Venezuela
*St. Lawrence - Ontario, Quebec
*São Francisco - Brazil
*Uruguay - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

Pacific Ocean coast

*Aconcagua - Chile
*Bío-Bío - Chile
**Malleco - Chile
*Cautín - Chile
*Colorado
*Columbia - Washington/Oregon
*Elqui - Chile
*Itata - Chile
**Ñuble - Chile
*Loa - Chile
*Maipo - Chile
**Mapocho - Chile
*Maule - Chile
*Maullín - Chile
*Palena - Chile
*Petrohué - Chile
*Puelo - Chile
*Rahue - Chile
*Rapel - Chile
*Reñihue - Chile
*Río Bueno - Chile
*Sacramento - California
*San Joaquin - California
*Toltén - Chile
**Trancura - Chile
*Valdivia - Chile
**Calle-Calle - Chile
***San Pedro - Chile
****Enco - Chile
*****Llanquihue - Chile
******Huahum - Chile, Argentina
*******Chapelco - Argentina
******Liquiñe - Chile
**Cau-Cau - Chile
**Cruces - Chile
**Cutipay - Chile
**Futa - Chile
*Yelcho - Chile
**Futaleufú - Chile

Inland basins

*Carson Sink, Nevada
**Carson River
*Humboldt Sink, Nevada
**Humboldt River
*Pyramid Lake, Nevada
**Truckee River
*Salton Sea, California
**New River
**Alamo River
**Alamo River
* Walker Lake, Nevada
**Walker River


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